What goes through my my mind when I read the news with my morning coffee. …Or for the Simon's Rockers in the group, this is my response journal.
Why was Sandra Bland arrested in the first place? (+video) – CSMonitor.com.
Perhaps because we as a society not only allow cops to harass and even kill people because when they feel slighted but we see all of their unlawful behavior as justified by the badge?
Texas trooper had no right to ask Sandra Bland to put out her cigarette – Salon.com.
Among other complaints about the behavior of the arresting officer, yes, this.
If arrests like this are OK we need to go ahead and make this a police state where it is illegal to question the police or show any indication of disapproval of their behavior. We already have a sentence of death for it. We need to either admit this is not OK or admit we’re fine with being a police state where you can be legally shot if any random officer of the law takes a disliking to you.
The police do not arrest the shooter, they arrest the victims.
Shocking. Not!
Sandra Bland’s arresting Officer caught lying – YouTube.
If this is true it is most certainly shocking. Actually not shocking. Which is actually more horrifying.
Lakota Man Shot by Denver Police Asked Police: "What's Wrong with You Guys?".
How is the murderous and inappropriate intensity of law officers not grounds for at the very least dismissal? Aren’t they supposed to be protecting and endangering the public?
Road trip for suburban woman ends in jailhouse death | abc7chicago.com.
Maybe it shouldn’t be OK to move a “suspect” out of the range of the camera? Just a thought.
New SWAT Documents Give Snapshot of Ugly Militarization of U.S. Police.
A pattern of response that is overly hostile, overly militarized and overtly dangerous to the public?
To quote the great and vaunted sage South Park, “Nothing to see here. Move along.”
N.Y. reaches $5.9 million settlement in chokehold death case – Nation – The Boston Globe.
Speaking of inordinately inappropriate responses to the situation… Anyone seeing a pattern?!
Officer says he fired his gun when threatened with rock – seattlepi.com.
When did shooting to kill become an appropriate and acceptable response to being threatened with a rock?
That’s ridiculous.
Stats wiz Nate Silver: For black Americans, US is about as dangerous as Rwanda.
Yikes…. Get your act together ‘Murica! Like, yesterday.
President Obama: Prison rape is no joke.
OK, nice place to start. Progress in the right direction. There is a bit more to the subject of prison conditions though.
Let’s hear more about, “We should not tolerate conditions in prison that have no place in any civilized country… We should not be tolerating overcrowding in prison.”
OK? Thanks.
You Were Right. Whole Foods Is Ripping You Off. | Mother Jones.
they don’t call it whole wallet for nothing…
Uniquely Nasty: The U.S. Government’s War on Gays – Yahoo News.
Psssst, morons (gay republicans), GW is a fake ass douche-bag.
One of Justice Kennedy’s defining characteristics on the court is his belief in its role in recognizing evolving standards of humanity and equality and moving the nation forward. And it looks like this is the next place he’d like to go. He just needs “a case that present(s) the issue.” May it, and justice, come swiftly.
via Justice Kennedy’s remarkable opinion on solitary confinement.
hmmmm
